Best/ worst of 2013?

[peach]

For you?


Best - we had our second dd, we also got a new niece and a new nephew. Dh also took parental leave and has been at home for most of the year which was awesome since I work from home too. I started a little home decor business and it has been flourishing and very fun.

Worst-not anything major this year. Money has been extra tight and we didn't get a summer vacation, but really it's been a good year.

[pitterwoo]

Best: getting pregnant and moving forward with starting our family and being in a really solid place in our relationship to do that.

Worst: H's business didn't take off and now he's looking for a job. I've been only 75% time at my job since March (going to FT this Feb) so it's real tight.

[sjh722]

Best: DD was born. She's amazing.

Worst: my uncle died suddenly at 54 from cancer. Major health issues for DH. Major upheaval as a result from april - July. We had to put our dog to sleep when she got ill very suddenly. Some other family stuff I can't put online.

Other than the baby, I'm over this year and ready for 2014.

[mrsemilys]

Best-Getting pregnant with our second and really settling in as a family and in our parenting of DD

Worst-This has been a good year....nothing to complain about

[tarheels]

Best: everything about being in D.C.: the people (out til 3 am last night with friends); the city; the opportunities; but most of all, the people.

Worst: That whole fake cancer diagnosis/unwanted pregnancy/miscarriage thing was really a bitch. I wouldn't care to repeat that week of my life.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Best: Having DD2. Selling our house was awesome! Getting a super flexible salaried job I like after so many job "what ifs" this year.

Worst: Family tragedy. Stress before selling house. DD2 not sleeping.

[vic1011]

BEst: DD and moving into our house that DH built.

Worst: I didn't realize how much I'd dislike working once DD was born.

[Deleted]

Best: DD is really fun and at an age where I feel like I can accomplish stuff with her in tow, find some me time and take her along easy enough. Now I'm getting ready to start all over again..ha. It'll be fun though. We're also at a place with our house where I don't feel like we're in project mode, it's torn about, always something to do every 8 minutes. It's just a lot of cleaning and whatever on a whim stuff I want to do.

Our current E. student is awesome. Polite, works well, not messy, pretty interesting. He's borderline anti-social, but I deal.

Worst: H and I started on some farm expansion/reorganization and it didn't go our way. Nothing horrendous just took too long and promised stuff that has yet to happen. It blows. My grandmother also died in March and she's my 3 grandparent in a year to pass. I'm over that.

[treedimensional]

Best: I enjoy good health. I have work that I LOVE. My spouse is loyal. I have an over-abundance of material things.
Worst: 112th Congress. And I miss my little dog terribly.
But I'm blessed beyond worthiness and under those circumstances, I shouldn't complain about anything.

[katie4253]

Best: Getting another job I love.

Worst: Just a lot of transition in our lives still. We aren't really going to feel settled until we are living in a more permanent place and that won't happen until Gabe goes to K. Still missing our girls terribly too...even thought it's been over a year. A major family crisis that I can't talk about online.

[house]

Best:

1) Moving into our new (2nd) house, being able to give our son his own room, not having to deal with crappy apartment neighbors and the crazy traffic to get home.

2) DH upgraded his 2nd job from a High school assistant coach to Head coach of a University. He bought himself a Jetta TDI for the commute but he gets reimbursed for gas so it's awesome!

3) I got a job that's not retail. This just happened a few wks ago but it's still 2013!

Worst:

Nothing to complain about. It's been a very good year for us. I'm counting our blessings. Would love for DS to sleep through the night but at 3 yrs old he still comes to visit us in the middle of the night occasionally.

[sierramist03]

Best: DH getting 2 jobs in his field. The second one better than the first

Worst: moving away from "home" ie Kansas. It's been really hard for me but it needed to happen so we could each have jobs but I miss my old co workers terribly and my family. I'm not loving my job either

[ktzmoh]

Best: everyone in great health- we had some stressful issues with my son and all seems stabilized and on the up and up. My gallbladder surgery was magically.

My work travel was awesome again this year Burma China Thailand and India, oh my!

Worst- beginning of the year was a real low point with Jackson - I had a hard time with his diagnosis and that was something we had to work through.

[simpsongal]

Best: getting pregnant with our first and all the wonderful moments and events afterwards.

Worst: awful morning sickness, and our relatively new ac unit broke. It's been a pretty amazing year though.

[thewop]

Best: Taking a great family vacation with friends, and DH getting a promotion. I also lost a good bit of weight in the last few months.

Worst: It's just been an "Off" year for me. My job made me terribly unhappy, and it carried over to my home life. It just sucked all the happy from me. I kind of felt like my life just wasn't working for me. That's putting it dramatically, but I feel like something has been missing from my life. I still don't know what it is.

[lb2006]

Best: having our dossier registered in-country for our adoption; starting our renovation

Worst: every.single. line item is over budget with the reno

[emoflamingo]

Best: Moving into our new house and making it our own. Getting my new job.

Worst: Dealing with tenants who "couldn't" pay their rent, causing us to lose all our savings trying to keep up payments. Dealing with a refinance that had troubles at every point.

[Deleted]

Best: I've had a really great year at work. I've accomplished a lot and grown professionally. Also my mom's breast cancer treatment was a success.

Worst: I'm having an "off" year too it seems. I've had some health and emotional issues that I'm trying to get a handle on. DH's attempt at a small business failed. There's an ongoing family issue that I don't see resolving itself anytime soon, and lastly my nearly 93 y/o grandmother has really gone downhill this year. I have a feeling she won't be with us much longer.

Life can suck sometimes and I'm ready for a new slate.

[pumpkin]

Best: I had a great vacation this summer with a friend and have been able to reconnect with others friends this year and I'm so thankful for that. Oh, and after 15 years with my old one I bought myself a new-to-me car that I love.

Worst: This was a strange year for me. I've had a bunch of work struggles and am trying not to let them get to me, but after 8 months with no end in sight I'm trying to figure out what I need to do that's best for me. Also, I've had to deal with some serious health and emotional issues this year; I'm looking forward to putting some of them behind me and continuing to move forward learning to manage the others.

[msmerymac]

Best: moving to a state I anticipate living in indefinitely, and buying our first house. We also adopted a second cat.
Worst: definitely the house fire, and I also hoped to have a better job by now (but I do get to work from home). Also, one of our cats passed away (hence why we later adopted another).

[mrs.jacinthe]

Best: Bought the money pit. R got a raise and a good-size bonus this year, too!
Worst: Hobbes' death. Poor little booger; I still miss him.

[ssmjlm]

Best-Having E of course

Worst-Family drama. DH being let down by how his family ignores E. Work drama.